Allan Block discography

from front cover of Living Folk LFR 104; photograper: Michael Coughlin

This discography is a non-commercial labor-of-love and is in no way associated with any business firm. All I know about the resp. artist's / label's musical output is shown on this page. To purchase out-of-print records I recommend an ebay, gemm or google search. And - sorry for that - I have not the time to answer any e-mails asking me about further information, let alone duplicating out-of-print recordings I happen to own. Stefan Wirz   www.wirz.de Allan Block (left) with Tom Stocky and John Kirk (source: John & Trish website)   # year of release title label # / notes 1 1964 Old Time Banjo Project Allan Block, Bill Vanaver, Ralph Smith, Rory Block - Old Molly Hare John Cohen, Penny Cohen - John Booker Bill Vanaver - Ramblin' Hobo Bob Siggins, Allan Block - Old Jimmy Sutton Hank Schwartz - Brighter Day Peter Siegel - Waterbound Allan Block, Walter Gundy, Bill Vanaver, Eric Thompson - Chicken Reel John Cohen - Pateroller Song Hank Schwartz - Johnson & Dixon Winnie Winston - Twinkle, Twickle, Little Star Bob Siggins - Skillet Good And Greasy Winnie Winston, Walter Gundy, Eric Thompson - Reuben's Train Peter Siegel, Allan Block, Ralph Smith Mississippi Sawyer Winnie Winston - Spanish Fandango Peter Siegel, John Cohen - Bill Mason Bill Vanaver, Allan Block, Rory Block - Colored Aristocracy Peter Siegel - Soldier's Joy John Cohen, Penny Cohen - John Johanna Winnie Winston - John Henry Bob Siggins, Bill Vanaver - Don't You Cry, Melinda Hank Schwartz, John Cohen - Banging Breakdown Peter Siegel, John Cohen I Don't Reckon That'll Happen Again John Cohen - Last Chance Bill Vanaver, Ralph Smith - Paddie On The Turnpike Elektra EKL-276 (mono) = EKS-7276 (stereo) 2 196? String Band Project Uncle Willie's Brandy Sniffers - Hellelujah To The Lamb - The Burial Of Wild Bill Stu Jamieson Boys - All Aroound The Mountain - Been All Around The World Phil Boroff - Cocaine The Dry City Scat Band - Baldheaded End Of The Broom - Jealous Uncle Willie's Brandy Sniffers - What Will I Do For My Money's All Gone - I Got A Gal In Baltimore John & Penny Cohen with Bob Mamis - Sugar Hill John Cohen with Bob Mamis - Chilly Winds John & Penny Cohen with Bob Mamis - Ragtime Annie The Mother Bay State Entertainers - Red Rockin' Chair - Billy In The Low Ground - Train On The Island The Spontaneous String Band (Allan Block, Peter Siegel, Richard Blaustein) - Ever See A Devil Uncle Joe - Goodbye Miss Liza Jane - Single Girl - Stoney Point Siegel - Grisman - Rose - Lowinger - Stoney Point Elektra EKL-292 (mono) = EKS-7292 (stereo) 3 1971 Allan Block & Ralph Lee Smith - Morpath Rant - Sugar In The Gourd - Charlie's Neat - Ways Of The World - Finger Ring - Been All Around This World - Speed The Plow - Polly Put the Kettle On - Mississippi Sawyer - Cruel War Is Raging - Chorus Jig - Georgia Railroad - Rosetree #1 Meadowlands MS 1 4 197? Allan Block Alive And Well And Fiddling - Grub Springs - Flop Eared Mule # 2 - East Tennessee Blues - Hard To Love - Money Musk - Budded Roses - Cider Mill - Devil's Nine Questions - Bunch Of Rushes - Ain't No Use In Highhattin' Me - Johnson Gal - Rights Of Man - Temple House - Sandy River Belle - Paddy On The Turnpike - Two Brothers - Sunny Home in Dixie - Quince Dillon Living Folk LFR 104 5 1972 Canterbury Country Dance Orchestra - Farewell To Whiskey - Money Musk - Flight - Petronella - Kolendara Kolo - Coleraine - Prince William - Irish American Reel - Chorus Jig - Huntsman's Chorus - Petronella - Auretti's Dutch Skipper - Poor Old Woman - Yarmouth Reel - Maguinnis' Delight Canterbury Country Dance Orchestra consists of: Allan Block, fiddle Fred Breunig, fiddle Art Bryan, guitar Pete Colby, banjo, autoharp Larry DeLorier, flute, piccolo, pennywhistle Charlene Fagelman Morse, flute Dave Fuller, accordion Nicholas S. Howe, fiddle Dudley Laufman, fiddle, accordion, harmonica Ted Levin, fiddle Bob McQuillen, piano, accordion Vince O'Donnell, fiddle, electric guitar Jack Perron, fiddle Jack Sloanaker, string bass, piano Dick VanKleeck, French horn Jerry Weene, fiddle, mandolin, viola, banjo Farm & Wilderness FW-3 Dudley Laufman Papers 6 1973 The Canterbury Country Dance Orchestra Meets the F&W String Band Farm & Wilderness FW-4 7 1974 Canterbury Country Dance Orchestra Mistwold Farm & Wilderness FW-5 8 1974 Contra Dances: The Canterbury Orchestra - Brisk Young Lads / Two And Sixpenny Girl (jigs) - Starr Label Reel / Ned Kendall's Favorite (reels) 45 rpm Country Dance and Song Society CDS5 9 197? Folkscene Live - Old-Timey Vol. 1 Allan Block & Bill Jones - Too Young To Marry - Boys Of Blue Hill - Grub Springs KPFK www.folkscene.com 10 1976 Ebenezer Tell It To Me - Barlow Knife - Ryestraw - From Heaven To Earth - Tell It To Me - Quindaro Hornpipe - Wagoner's Lad - Turkey Buzzard - Paddy On The Railroad - Fiddler's Choice - Dixie Beeline - Louis' First Tune - Hop Along Peter - Reel Of The Hanged Man - Little Liza Jane - Girl Of Constant Sorrow - Lynchburg Town - George Booker Ebenezer are: Nancy McDowell George Wilson Allan Block Biograph RC-6007 11 1976 Fox Hollow Lodge String Band Festival, Vol. 1 Comin' Home Ebenezer - Growling Old Man And Woman - Polly Put The Kettle On Biograph RC-6008 12 1978 New England Contra Dance Music Strathspey - Hull's Victory The Arm & Hammer String Band - Medley: Kitty McGee/Hundred Pipers Allan Block - Double File Strathspey - Medley: Ross's Reel/Batchelder's Reel George Wilson - Swing Away Strathspey - My Home Waltz The Arm & Hammer String Band - Medley: Salhamanaca Reel/The Hunter's Purce/Tarbolten Strathspey - Medley: Turnpike Side/Tobin's Fancy The Arm & Hammer String Band - Medley: Goin' Uptown/Avalon Quickstep Strathspey - Medley: Farewell To Whiskey/Mara's Wedding The Arm & Hammer String Band - Medley: Apples In Winter/Hitler's Downfall - Westphalia Waltz Strathspey - Mountain Ranger Kicking Mule KM 216 Kicking Mule discography 13 2001 Canterbury Country Dance Orchestra - Earl Of Mansfield - Chorus Jig - Coleraine - Mistwold - Starr Label Reel, Ned Kendall - Maguinnis's Delight - Prince William II - Scotch Hornpipe - Glenn Towle - Reel de Jeunne Marie - Madame Bonaparte - Farewell To Whiskey, Money Musk - Prince William - Brisk Young Lads, 2 & 6 Penny Girl - Petronella - Irish American Reel - La Gondeuse - Poor Auld Woman - Huntsmen's Chorus - Petronella with calls - Meeting Of The Waters Canterbury Country Dance Orchestra consists of: Allan Block, fiddle Fred Breunig, fiddle Art Bryan, guitar Pete Colby, banjo, autoharp Larry DeLorier, flute, piccolo, pennywhistle Charlene Fagelman Morse, flute Dave Fuller, accordion Nicholas S. Howe, fiddle Dudley Laufman, fiddle, accordion, harmonica Ted Levin, fiddle Bob McQuillen, piano, accordion Vince O'Donnell, fiddle, electric guitar Jack Perron, fiddle Jack Sloanaker, string bass, piano Dick VanKleeck, French horn Jerry Weene, fiddle, mandolin, viola, banjo Farm & Wilderness FANDW-CD01 "Canterbury Country Dance Orchestra with Dudley Laufman" The best of three LPs and one 45-RPM single more info more info additional info appreciated !!!   Allan Block & Nancy McDowell; from back cover of Living Folk LFR 104; photograper: Michael Coughlin   Allan Block with daughters Mona and Rory (from liner notes to Rory Block: Color Me Wild.- Alacazam! ALA 1003) Rory Block Official Life Story page   David Dowling's Music Musings on Allan Block ("If anyone deserves to be written about, it’s him!") ("Allan tells me they hope to record a dad/daughter album before too long") ("Tonight Allan proudly told me he has recently become a great-grandfather") www.roryblock.com Doug Henkle's extensive Rory Block discography Rory Block's early records   Allan Block is member of the population of Humbead's Revised Map of the World Rory Block with son Thiele in front of her father's Sandal Shop. West 4th St., NY (from front cover of 'Rory Block - The Early Tapes 1975 / 1976'; photography: David Gahr) "Perhaps because of its proximity to the Square and the MacDougal Street clubs, perhaps because of the footwear of the time, Allan Block's Sandal Shop became a late afternoon hangout for anybody who knew where it was and what was going on there. As the singing faded in the Square, the hard core would gather at this comfy workplace to hear Mr. Block and friends play some music. These friends were the cream of the crop of touring traditional musicians - Doc Watson, Mississippi John Hurt, Clarence Ashley, a musical feast, with a menu that changed each week. Every time I managed to get in, I learned something ..." from John Sebastian's liner notes to 'Rory Block: High Heeled Blues'

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source: Robbie Woliver: Hoot! A 25-Year History of the Greenwich Village Music Scene, New York 1984, p. 2 - 3;    
map and drawings by Suze Rotolo; west of 6th ave. added by Stefan Wirz    

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